Here is a 'Metroid' game that is fun enough, interesting enough in its storytelling, and elegant enough in its systems that I was willing to keep playing until I reached 100%. In 'Metroid Dread' gameplay, Samus is the ice cold, acrobatic badass she has been at least since the fantastic, and surprising, 'Metroid: Other M.' 'Dread' is an improvement on the recent 'Samus Returns' in nearly every way, though I perhaps most appreciated the diversity of boss battles here. There are a few midbosses that are recycled and could easily have been cut to punch up the pacing. 'Dread' may be a bit more difficult than the other more recent 2D Metroid games, but even still, it provides very little challenge to complete.